Baling-press



No Model.)

- E. H. BUTTS; .BALING PB BSS.

d. 570,865. Patented Nov. 3', 1896 WITNESSES: l/VVENTOI? A ITORNEYS.

45 moval of the bale.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIAS H. BUTTS, OF ORIENTAL, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALF TOIVILLIAM H. LEWIS, OFMERRITT, NORTH CAROLINA.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,865, dated November3, 1896.

Application filed July 31, 1896.

' construction and arrangement of the pressbox, platen, and separate ordetachedhandlevers, which I will now proceed to fully describe withreference to the drawings, in which 7 Figure 1 is an elevation inperspective of the press; Fig. 2,a perspective view of the follower andplaten, and Fig. 3 a vertical longitudinal section on line 3 3 of Fig.1.

The press is an upright one formed with corner-posts A A inclosing twoseparate pressboxes,which are constructed exactly alike, one of which isdesigned to be filled with hay while the other is employed in pressing,and vice versa.

A is a middle cross-bar,A* a bottom crossbar, and A a top cross-barconnecting the corner-posts.

A is a middle horizontal bar connecting the two lower cross-bars A, Aare middle hori- 0 zontal bars connecting the middle cross-bars A and Ais a top horizontal bar connecting the top cross-bars A These bars A AA, in connection with middle vertical bar A, connecting cross-bars A Adivide the press- 3 5 frame into two vertical sections exactly alike,

each having its own press-box and platen.

It will only be necessary to describe one of these presses, which willbe the one nearest the observer in Fig. 1. This has a lowerfilling-boxB,containedwithin the cross-bars A A and whose sides arestationary, and an upper press-box B, held between bars A and A in whichthe bale is compressed and three of whose sides are removable to permitthe re The two boxes join together on the line N. The compressing-box Bhas a removable top or cover a, held down by a locking-bar 0, whose endsare caught and held beneath cross-bars A A 5 o O,Fig. 2, is theplaten,which fits in the boxes B and B and moves upwardlyin the same toSerial No. 601,130. (No model) compress the hayinto a bale. This platenhas at its opposite ends two strong downwardlyprojecting sides 0,arranged at right angles to the platen and connected together byaseriesof strong cross-bars h i j 10 lm n, after the manner of the rounds of aladder, and which form successive holds for a pair of detached levers towork on with a step-by-step motion, said levers being detached andoperating like crowbars.

The downwardly-projecting side extensions of the follower fit againstand are of the same transverse dimensions as the interior end walls ofthe press-box, and the connectingbars extend all the way across the boxfrom side extension to side extension, so that the latter fit closely tothe sides of the box and act as guides to cause the follower to moveeasily up and down without cramping, which is very necessary in view ofthe fact that the working levers cannot always be applied exactly in thecenter, and hence, when not so centrally applied, some means arenecessary to permit the platen from becoming skewed and jammed, and thisis provided for by making the downward side extension to act as guidesparallelto the walls of the box, as

well as supports for cross-bars.

Underneath each one of the boxes 13 there is a strong fulcrum-bar f,arranged with its greatest width in a vertical plane and connected' tothe cross-bars A by metal straps g.

The follower (seen in Fig. 2) rests in the lower box B, with itsplaten-surface about on a level with the line 6, Fig. 1, and the hay isfilled-in and tramped down on the top of this platen within the box 13'until a sufficient quantity has been inserted, when the platen isgradually raised to compress the hay and force it into the upper box1-3. This elevation of the follower is efi'ected by two stout woodenhand-levers L in the hands of two persons, one of which is placed uponthe fulcrum-bar f andcaught beneath the upper bar h of the follower, andthen depressed to raise the follower, after which the other workmanrests his lever L upon the. fulcrum-bar f, and, catching the next orsecond bar i of the follower, raises it a step, while the first workmanwithdraws his lever, places it upon the fulcrum-bar again, and catchesthe third bar j of the follower, and so on until the follower temporarylocking-bar of any kind is then placed upon the fulcrum-bars f beneaththe follower to hold it, and the working levers are then withdrawn andthe bale tied with bands and removed from the upper box B. To do this,sides 1 2 3 of the compressingbox are removed by unlocking the metalbars Z Z. Bars Z are pivoted to posts A and have hooked ends that catchover notches in the ends of bar Z behind side 3, so that they are easilydisconnected. The wires or bands are then passed around the bale throughthe scores 8 in the top a. and scores tin the platen C, and after thebale is tied the platen is released and the bale removed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and d esire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A baling-press comprising an upper box within which the baling iseffected, a lower box for receiving the material, a platen arrangedwithin the lower box and having downward side extensions lying againstand of the same size as the interior end walls of the press-box andprovided with a series of ladder-like connecting-bars extending fromside extension to side extension entirely across the box and forming afollower, a stationary fulcrum-bar arranged beneath the filling-box, andseparate detached hand -levers adapted to fulcrum upon the fulcrum-barand operate alternately upon the series of ladder-like bars of thefollower, substantially as and for the purpose described.

' 2. A double baling-press having on each side an upper box within whichthe baling is effected, a lower box for receiving the material, a platenarranged within the lower box and having downward side extensions lyingagainst and of the same size as the interior end walls of the press-boxand provided with a series of ladder-like connecting-bars extending fromside extension to side extension entirely across the box and forming afollower, a stationary fulcrum-bar arranged beneath each lower box, andseparate and detached hand-levers substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

A double baling-press comprising four corner-posts A A A A with endcross-bars A A A and side bars A A A A, the dividing-bars A A A verticalmiddle bars A between the baling-boxes, the cover a with cross-bar c,the fulcrum-bars f arranged beneath each filling-box, a follower foreach filling-box consisting of a platen with downwardlyextending sidebars fitting against the interior sidewalls of the box and connected byaseries of ladder-like bars extending across the box, and separate anddetached hand-levers substantially as and for the purpose described.

ELIAS I-I. BUT"S.

\Vitnesses:

W. J. PARKER, GEo. T. FARNELL.

